RE: Dash7

This sounds so cool Tor. It's very much in a similar vein to the Spa
gauges I and others have got. The backlit idea works very well in
practice and you are right that the screen printed lettering is
irrelevant once you've used the unit for more than 20 minutes.

But, the Spa gauges assist you in giving the units of measurement on the
LCD itself, therefore giving you a clue as to what the numbers relate
to. I'm not sure this is possible given the limitations of generic LCD's
(theirs are all made specially) but again I think it would be irrelevant
once you've acclimatised to the unit.

I think this is fantastic. I hope you are able to make and sell a lot of
them.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Tor Atle Lunde
> Sent: 20 October 2003 12:46
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sevens] Dash7
> 
> Myles,
> 
> > ...does the display have some sort of illumination (I guess so,
> > just wondering aloud...)
> 
> The LCD screen is backlit. The surrounding text is not. The
indented(??)
> text would be easy to backlight (water and oil temp on the left side,
> battery and inlet temp on the right), but the upper and lower text
would
> be
> harder. In short the LCD display would then have to be moved further
back,
> which I don't like the sound of. The other option is some sort of
front
> light ala normal gauges.
> 
> Not sure if it's worth the trouble. If you've used the display in
daylight
> a
> short while you are perfectly aware of where the information is
located.
> Thoughts on this?
> 
> > And (assuming you have some sort of alarm system) - how will this
work?
> > (e.g. programmable trigger points, drive external idiot lights,
flash
> > relevant section of display etc.)
> 
> You are quite right. In the option menu, the user sets all the trigger
> points. In addition to the warning and alarm lights, the corresponding
> section on the screen will flash/blink. Once a second for warning, and
> twice
> for alarm.
> 
> Tor Atle
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